Monday, May 31, 2010

What has changed for the Iraq War veterans since President Obama took office? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with independent journalist Dahr Jamail and two Iraq War veterans. Out of two million U.S. soldiers who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, one in three may, at some point, develop post-traumatic stress disorder. What resources are there to support the veterans of United States wars? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar. How do they adapt to civilian life?

Guests:
Dahr Jamail, award winning independent journalist and author of The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan

Alejandro Villatoro, Iraq War veteran with the Army Reserve and a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War

Crystal Colon-Ferren, a recent veteran of the Iraq War and a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War

Friday, May 28, 2010

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we discuss coverage of the ongoing oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, rising tensions between North and South Korea and Wall Street Reform. We'll be joined by Washington Independent's Annie Lowrey, Christian Science Monitor's Don Kirk -- he'll be joining us from South Korea -- and Times-Picayune's Chris Kirkham. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

How do chemicals in our environment impact our risk of getting cancer? On the next Your Call, we'll look at the connections between the parallel explosion of human-made carcinogens and cancer rates. President Obama's Cancer Panel issued a report highlighting the links between the nearly 80,000 chemicals on the market in the U.S. and the incidence of cancer. Given this knowledge, how should chemicals be regulated?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Whose responsibility is it to protect us from environmentally induced cancer? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michael Green, director of Center for Environmental Health

Dr. Samuel Epstein, professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and author of The Politics of Cancer

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

What's next for Tibet? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with the Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in Exile, Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, and two activists for Tibetan sovereignty. Since fleeing from Tibet in 1959, the Dalai Lama has advocated for a nonviolent relationship with China. But some Tibetans feel this might not be an effective approach. How does an exiled diaspora resist a totalitarian government? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's in store for the future of Tibet? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy, and you.

Guests:
Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in Exile

Canyon Sam, Chinese-American activist and author of Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History

Kunsang Kelden, a Tibetan living in exile, and former board member for Students for a Free Tibet.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Elaine Tyler May, professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota and author of America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation. Around 100 million women world-wide including 12 million women in the United States take a form of regular oral contraceptive. What should we be celebrating as the pill turns 50 this year? What are the Pill's downsides?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What effect has the pill had on your life? Do you think it has been good for society as a whole? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Elaine Tyler May, professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota and author of America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril and Liberation

Monday, May 24, 2010

How is money changing politics? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Peter Stone, author of Casino Jack and the United States of Money about Washington super lobbyist, Jack Abramoff. In 2009, special interest groups spent more than 3 billion dollars to buy favors. What does Jack Abramoff's case tell us about the role of lobbyists in Washington? How do they affect the average citizen?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does it take to bring reform to Washington? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Friday, May 21, 2010

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we continue with our coverage of the expanding oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, US plans to pursue UN sanctions against Iran, and Midterm Election Primaries. We'll be joined by Huffington Post's Marcus Baram, freelance journalist Reese Erlich and The American Independent News Network's editor John Amick.

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Marcus Baram, a news editor at the Huffington Post
Reese Erlich, an investigative reporter, and broadcast journalist
John Amick, an editor with The American Independent News Network

Thursday, May 20, 2010

How are US policies towards Mexico impacting the socio-economic landscape in the border town of Juarez? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Charles Bowden, author of Murder City: the Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields. Ciudad Juarez, across the river from El Paso, Texas, has become the murder capital of the world, three times more violent than Baghdad. So what explains the rise in drug related violence in Juarez and the rest of Mexico?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What should we do on this side of the border to stop the flow of drugs? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Are the middle-aged years the smartest of our lives? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Barbara Strauch, senior science editor at The New York Times and author of The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-aged Mind. She says while you lose your grasp on the small stuff--like remembering people's names--in the big picture, your brain may enter its most competent and productive phase yet. How could our minds grow stronger as our bodies get softer?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you know a middle-aged mind? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Barbara Strauch, deputy science and health editor at The New York Times and author of The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-aged Mind

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Daniel Ellsberg, the former marine and military analyst who exposed the Pentagon Papers revealing the U.S. government's lies about Vietnam. Ellsberg is the subject of the recent Oscar-nominated film, The Most Dangerous Man in America. We'll also be joined by environmental whistleblowers. What price have they paid for speaking out and speaking truth to power? And who's listening? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower for the Pentagon Papers and subject of the new Oscar-nominated film, The Most Dangerous Man in America.

Dan Lawn, consultant for the Alaska Forum for Environmental Responsibility, former supervisor for the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

Scott West, retired EPA agent and currently with the Department of Intelligence and Investigations at the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Monday, May 17, 2010

What should happen to those who created the financial crisis? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Danny Schechter, director of the documentary film, Plunder: The Crime of our Time. He argues that Wall Street has essentially committed widespread fraud and white-collar crime of the highest magnitude, so who should be held accountable?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What has changed on Wall Street? And what should fundamentally change so we don't find ourselves in the same situation again? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Danny Schechter, an independent filmmaker, and an investigative journalist

Friday, May 14, 2010

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of President Hamid Karzai's 4-day visit to Washington, the role of money in politics and the ever-growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. We'll be joined by Propublica's Marian Wang, National Journal's Peter Stone and Guardian's Jonathan Steele. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with independent scholar Norman Finkelstein and Iraqi/British Rap artist Lowkey. Professor Finkelstein is out with a new book, This Time We Went Too Far - Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion. We will also talk about American Radical, a new documentary about his lifelong activism on Palestine-Israel. What are ordinary citizens doing to end the occupation? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Does noise pollution get under your skin? On the next Your Call we'll talk about our increasingly loud world with Garret Keizer, author of The Unwanted Sounds of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise. Noise, defined as unwanted sound, can cause stress, disease, and violence. So what does it say about our society that we keep producing more and more things that keep our ears buzzing?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What rights do we have to make noise? And what rights do we have to the absence of noise? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Garret Keizer, author of The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Louie Psihoyos, director of the Oscar-winning documentary, The Cove. The film reveals the annual slaughter of tens of thousands of dolphins in a small town in Japan, a reality that the Japanese government would rather stay hidden. But now the story is out to the world. We had Louie Psihoyos on the show back in August before the film took off. Has anything changed for the dolphins and our oceans since then? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Monday, May 10, 2010

What can economists contribute to the making of good public policy? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with noted economist Dean Baker, author of Taking Economics Seriously. He tackles entrenched beliefs about bank regulation and health care by asking "What would policy look like if we took basic principles of mainstream economics seriously and applied them consistently?"

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you think economists could help save our economy--if they were taken seriously? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Dean Baker--Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. and author of Taking Economics Seriously

Friday, May 7, 2010

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. We'll have a conversation with award-winning journalist John Nichols, co-author of The Death and Life of American Journalism. He argues that journalism has been overrun by commercialism and special interests, far from its earlier purpose as a tool for democracy and public service. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will it take to transform the media and who's already doing it? It's Your Call, with me Rose Aguilar and you

Thursday, May 6, 2010

What does being a citizen mean to you? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Paul Loeb, author of Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times. Paul asks "How did so many of us become convinced that we can do nothing to affect the future our children and grandchildren will inherit? And how have others managed to work powerfully for change?" What category do you fall in? And what motivates you? Or what holds you back?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we each make a difference even when the world seems to be falling apart? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Paul Loeb, author of Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

As one of the country's greatest environmental disasters unfolds in the Gulf of Mexico, what do we need to know about offshore drilling? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the country's oil rigs, how they operate, and the long-term human and environmental consequences of oil spills. Who should be held responsible and what are the politics involved?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Will this latest tragedy change U.S. domestic energy policies? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Riki Ott--marine biologist and author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Lisa Margonelli--journalist and author of Oil on the Brain: Adventures from Pump to Pipeline

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

What do we owe people who've been wrongfully convicted? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about people who have been exonerated because of DNA evidence. So far, 251 men have been freed after spending years in prison, according to the Innocence Project. What support should be given to victims of a broken criminal justice system? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Beyond compensation, where do justice and accountability fit in? What would you like to say or do for the wrongfully convicted? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Monday, May 3, 2010

What's the state of the military industrial complex and what is its impact on the larger economy? On the next Your Call, we continue our series Agenda for a New Economy by talking about the U.S. military budget. At just over $800 billion, the U.S. spends more on the military than the next 45 countries combined. So where is all of that money going?

Join us live at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where's the transparency and where are the calls for cuts? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.